Monthly Archives: January 2009

Fridgid Temps Close Schools

Rebecca.. It got so cold they closed the schools. Detroit’s WJR News/Talk Radio had the fastidious task of reading the excruciatingly long list of educational facilities (a majority of the 194 Public and 92 Private schools)  that would close their doors to the delight of kiddies everywhere due to record sub-zero temps.  This list was [...]

Google and Geakz: Favicon Smackdown

Two Internet movers and shakers have recently updated their favicons.   Geakz.com opted for a newly stylized ditty, moving away from the previous profile pic.  Google.com countered with yet another in their endless arsenal of 16×16 alpha characters .  Both heavy hitters opted for sticking with a lower case ‘g’.   Google laid down a splash of [...]

Car Key Stuck In Ignition

 quinn.anya I ran a quick errand to the local drug store today, and upon returning home I found I couldn’t remove my car key from the ignition. I tried restarting the car, switching gears, backing up, going forward, turning the radio off, putting my visor down, sticking my right hand in the glove box while reclining my seat [...]

WordPress Plugin: WP-Notes

Great Wordpress Plugin – WP-Notes. Dress up your boring content with some eye-candy.

Conversions For The Layman.

redjar I love James Yeang’s Blog.  I always learn something new.  Not *just* something new, but something that I end up bookmarking in my favorites.  Websites that I go back to. His latest entry shares a website that converts a measurable unit into something we might find more familiar.  Like how many Olympic sized swimming [...]

Short Wii Update

And I mean a SHORT update.   To the tune of about 3.5 feet tall.  Apparently the Wii Fit is for everyone.  Here, my son shows the proper some semblance of form for playing the “Table Tilt” balance game (his favorite). For this game think ‘Labyrnth‘. But instead of two wooden knobs to move the ball [...]